Meaning of IMMOVABLE
Pronunciation: | | i'moovubul
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| Definition: | | [adj] not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" |
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| Synonyms: | | immobile, immoveable, stabile, unmovable |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Im*mov"a*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of
material things; as, an immovable foundatin.
Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton.
2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of
the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who
remain immovable.
3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by
sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden.
4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or
tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See {Immovable},
n. --Blackstone.
{Immovable apparatus} (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster
of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in
place.
{Immovable feasts} (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain
day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter;
as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.
\Im*mov"a*ble\, n.
1. That which can not be moved.
2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by
nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and
their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants,
manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied,
as servitudes. --Ayliffe. --Bouvier.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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